An attorney suing the town of Ridgeland, South Carolina over its use of cameras to catch speeders on Interstate 95 wants racketeering and mail fraud added to the complaint. The Beaufort Gazette reported attorney Pete Strom has asked to amend …
W. R. Berkley Corp. appointed Nelson Tavares to the newly created office of senior vice president of claims. Tavares has over 20 years of experience in the property casualty insurance industry, having served as a senior executive at a leading …
A Boston police detective who was once honored as a department “top cop” for tracking down a missing baby has pleaded guilty to federal charges of faking injuries so he could collect disability payments. Forty-nine-year-old Eliezer Gonzalez changed his plea …
Falling bricks from a Manhattan building forced the fire department to close the area down as a precaution. No injuries have been reported after the bricks fell from 40 West 38th Street Monday afternoon. The area was blocked off as …
A state police fire marshal and state investigators are still trying to figure out what caused a house explosion in northwestern Pennsylvania. Police say Thomas Federspiel was outside his house and suffered only minor injuries when the residence exploded about …
Crawford & Company announced that it has successfully completed its acquisition of Studio Bolton & Associati s.r.l., first announced in November 2010. Studio Bolton is a leading specialist liability adjusting and claims handling company in Italy, with more than 35 …
Swiss Re has announced that, based on current information, it provisionally estimates its claims cost from the earthquake in New Zealand on February 22nd to be approximately $800 million, net of retrocession and before tax. “The total insured claims for …
A Fairfield, Ohio (Butler County) chiropractor has pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud, a third-degree felony, in a case that already resulted in charges against four additional employees of the Back and Spine Center, located at 2336 Mack Rd, the …
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Venetian Marble & Granite in Helotes, Texas, with 10 serious safety and health violations after an inspection found that workers were exposed to unsafe levels of crystalline silica …
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited St. Louis, Mo., roofing contractor Juan Zuniga with six serious and five repeat safety violations for exposing workers to fall and other hazards. OSHA’s inspection, which began in …